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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 341, NWS Dodge City, KS

October 6, 2017Rush County, Kansas

NWS Dodge City, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT for Rush County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Oct 6, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Dodge City, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rush County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 6, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

581 
WUUS53 KDDC 062330
SVRDDC
KSC165-070015-
/O.NEW.KDDC.SV.W.0341.171006T2330Z-171007T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
630 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

The National Weather Service in Dodge City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Rush County in central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT

* At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles south of
  Nekoma, or 9 miles southwest of La Crosse, moving northeast at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  La Crosse, Otis, Bison, Rush Center, Timken, Alexander, Nekoma and
  Shaffer.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3835 9903 3836 9948 3847 9956 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 245DEG 31KT 3841 9942 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

2 follow-up statements

279 
WWUS53 KDDC 062340
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
640 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

KSC165-070015-
/O.CON.KDDC.SV.W.0341.000000T0000Z-171007T0015Z/
Rush KS-
640 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY...

At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rush Center, or
5 miles southeast of La Crosse, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
La Crosse, Otis, Bison, Rush Center, Timken and Shaffer. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3835 9903 3837 9933 3852 9938 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 245DEG 41KT 3846 9927 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SUGDEN

643 
WWUS53 KDDC 070005
SVSDDC

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
705 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

KSC165-070015-
/O.EXP.KDDC.SV.W.0341.000000T0000Z-171007T0015Z/
Rush KS-
705 PM CDT FRI OCT 6 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RUSH COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3835 9903 3837 9933 3852 9938 3869 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 245DEG 31KT 3855 9903 

$$

SUGDEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Dodge City, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 10:26 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DDC	Edwards, Ellis, Pawnee, Rush, Stafford	12 hr
Oct 6, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Haskell	50 min
Oct 6, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman	25 min
Oct 6, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Hamilton	39 min
Oct 6, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	39 min
Oct 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton	61 min
Oct 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman	46 min
Oct 6, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Ness, Trego	36 min
Oct 6, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Grant, Morton, Stanton, Stevens	36 min
Oct 6, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Hodgeman, Pawnee	34 min
Oct 6, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Kearny	54 min
Oct 6, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Pawnee, Stafford	54 min
Oct 6, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Gray, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness	48 min
Oct 6, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Hodgeman, Ness, Pawnee, Rush	33 min
Oct 6, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gray, Hodgeman, Pawnee	53 min
Oct 6, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell	62 min
Oct 6, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DDC	Finney, Grant, Haskell, Kearny	42 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.